This statistic shows the results of a survey, conducted across the United States in April 2014, regarding whether waterboarding - which is defined as "inducing a sense of drowning by pouring water on someone with a bag over their face" - is a form of torture, or not. The results were sorted by gender. 60 percent of male respondents said they considered waterboarding a form of torture.
Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender)
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YouGov. (May 6, 2014). Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/
YouGov. "Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender)." Chart. May 6, 2014. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/
YouGov. (2014). Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/
YouGov. "Do You Think That Waterboarding Is Torture? (by Gender)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/
YouGov, Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by gender) [Graph], YouGov, May 6, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298810/united-states-public-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-gender/